Surge in elderly suicides in Japan

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Updated June 20, 2008 10:38:58

The number of suicides in Japan rose to a near record in 2007 amid a sharp jump in elderly people killing themselves.

Presenter: Sonja Heydeman
Speakers: Professor Wendy Jones Nakanishi from Shikoku Gakuin University in Japan; Doctor Jeffrey Kingston, Director of Asian Studies at Japan's Temple University

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